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Naked British Tourist Falls From Balcony In Thailand Covered In Poo in c/[email protected]
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It be like that Rule (lemmy.ml)
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Naked British tourist falls from balcony in Thailand covered in poo in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

I was wondering what Blackburners were like.

Naked British tourist falls from balcony in Thailand covered in poo in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 hours ago

So it would be arguable that Thailand was also covered in poop

Where is the best place to keep up with US election results? in c/[email protected]
3000 Tactical Swifties in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 12 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

I think she should be made Queen at this point. She'd be the most popular monarch

Why did Colorado progressives turn against a ballot measure for ranked-choice voting? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 17 hours ago

Hmm, I guess that's true

Opinion: robots with human likeness should be outlawed in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 17 hours ago

That's a fascinating thought

Still Dropping Bangers Rule in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

Follow for new releases

Opinion: robots with human likeness should be outlawed in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yep. But then I don't get why there are efforts to make a realistic robotic human face.

(Edit: ok I do understand one reason – just as a challenge and to prove it's possible, but I'm not sure that justifies doing it given the consequences)

Why did Colorado progressives turn against a ballot measure for ranked-choice voting? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Ohh, whoops!

So who's the third party? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

How to tell you've spent too long circlejerking

Views on tech in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

You might like a book I'm reading rn that validates and discusses your fears in depth: This chapter ('Information Technology and Democracy: a Widening Gulf') is particularly relevant.

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Opinion: robots with human likeness should be outlawed (lemmy.ml)
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Currently, talking to a face is the ultimate guarantee that you are communicating with a human (and on a subconscious level makes you try to relate, empathise, etc.). If humanoid robot technology eventually surpasses the Uncanny Valley, discovering that I'm talking to a humanoid with an LLM and that my intuitions had been betrayed would undermine the instinctive trust I give to the other party when I see a human face. This would degrade my social interactions across the board, because I'd live in constant suspicion that the humans I was talking to weren't actually human.

It is for this reason I think it should be the law that humanoid robots must be clearly differentiated from humans. Or at least that people should have the right to opt out from encountering realistic-looking humanoids.

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Autumn leaves from satellite (lemmy.ml)
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https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/collection/1692/fall-colors

Has the orange season come to your part of the world yet?

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Is it normal to feel tired of technological progress? (lemmy.ml)
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I've just been reading about how in the future, AI will allow us to speak with animals, and people will be able to communicate telepathically and live in their own VR worlds. (etc., etc.)

Man, this isn't a world I want to live in. I'm so tired of the constant paradigm shifting that you have to put your brain through with each innovation. I wish technology just stayed frozen in the 1980s – there would be so much less uncertainty in my life and I could just focus on being a human.

Innovation keeps being forced on you and I just feel tired. >!And I'm only just in my 20s!< Is this ok? Is this valid? When resisting it is a loser's game...

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Sator Square (en.wikipedia.org)
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What the hell is this?

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Communist liminal space (lemmy.ml)
 
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You know you're close to falling asleep when your start remembering your dreams from previous nights... (lemmy.ml)
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Quire should become the correct spelling for the word 'choir'. (lemmy.ml)
 

It would be far more consistent with the pronunciation of other similar words.

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Could someone please try installing this? I'd be really curious to see what Windows 7 on a Steam Deck would look like! (gitgud.io)
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Parents signing pact to withhold smartphones from kids until 14 (www.theguardian.com)
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Don't have the patience to watch football? Jenga contests have an ADHD-friendly pace. (www.youtube.com)
 

Just discovered this.

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Why do I start feeling depressed when everything in life suddenly starts going my way? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Has anyone gotten this feeling before? For a long time my life was forced to go in a direction I didn't want it to but I had no choice but to passively accept and deal with where I was being lead. So I think it might be a learnt behavior. I know this isn't a relationship_advice thing but it feels relevant. (Fyi I am not a vulnerable girl being exploited, but perhaps advice applicable to them might help me too)

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